George Waters Stafford

George Waters Stafford (2 June 1844-4 April 1890) was a state legislator for Louisiana.

Biography
George Waters Stafford was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana in 1844, the first son of Leroy Augustus Stafford. Stafford was the oldest of eight children, and he lost his father to Union bullets at The Wilderness in 1864 during the American Civil War. George W. Stafford would be elected to the state legislature of Louisiana as a Democratic Party member, continuing his father's legacy. Stafford died in 1890 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, and he was buried at the local Fairview Cemetery.